But in an interview with OprahMag.com, creator Álex Pina teases that there's even a possibility for "many" spinoffs of the hit series. In fact, "almost every character has a possibility."

When writer Álex Pina first began working on his TV series La Casa de Papel—or Money Heist—he admits that he had no idea the serieswould go on to be a global smash success. He also had no clue that after four seasons on Netflix, fans would still be begging for more...and even spinoffs. But during an exclusive interview with OprahMag.com last fall in Madrid, Pina admitted to me that there could indeed be many more storylines for the cast of bank robbers who are the heart of the fast-paced Spanish thriller.

"We do have many possibilities for some spinoffs, yes, and I think that's thanks to the strong and powerful identities of the characters," Pina told me. "We’ve always looked for characters to have a very complex, layered design. So I think almost every character of Money Heist has a duality that we would like to see in a spinoff. We could watch any of them in other contexts."

And he already has some very specific ideas. "I think Arturito could have a black comedy. Berlin’s case for his own show is very clear; he’s a misogynist, a psychopath, egocentric, a narcissist, a delinquent, a rapist...but still there are lots of people who adore him, because he values friendship, loyalty or fraternity. From Nairobi to El Profesor...Denver is yet another character with his own charm. I would love to write all of them as spinoffs!"

While Pina and the Netflix team remained mum on whether there will be a season 5 of Money Heist before we get to any spinoffs, first things first is season 4. Pina described the latest temporadaas, "the most shocking—the one that will cause the most commotion out of the four seasons we’ve done." He added: "I think this is the riskiest season, in which we really gave a very unexpected plot twist, and I think it’s the one that will shock the most. The final episode is exuberant."

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So why does Pina think the show—which shattered records to become the streaming service's most-watched non-English language series—has become so beloved? He says the magic sauce is that his writing team managed to dream up something unlike we've previously seen on television before.

Pina on the set of Money Heist last year.

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"I believe it works because this series brings something new to television. This is a series that is very Latin, very dramatic, and emotional, and affectionate, but also very American and cerebral, action-packed...a hybrid," he says. "In the end, La Casa de Papel is simply very frantic—and addictive."

Pina has been a television writer, creator, and producer for more than 20 years, known for Spanish series like The Boat and Vis a Vis (Locked Up), another drama that first aired on Spanish cable before it was picked up by Netflix (like Money Heist did). It was while working on Vis a Vis that he got the idea for La Casa de Papel.

"If you're just printing money, you're not stealing it...right?"

"I thought, there have been so many action shows about robberies, and everything’s been robbed already… from jewelry to paintings…and then I thought: printing money. That hasn’t been done yet," Pina says. "It was a great element because it also brings to question moral ambiguity. Because at the end of the day, if you are printing money, you're not stealing it...right?"

It was also while working on Vis a Vis that he met Alba Flores, who plays fan favorite character Nairobi. But Pina revealed in our interview that initially, Nairobi wasn't a part of the script—until Pina decided the cast of his series needed more female energy. He immediately thought of Flores.

"We realized we needed to provide a female point of view beside Tokio’s," Pina says. "I knew as an actress, Alba has a sort of special strength—a huge energy. So we wrote it once she read the script and then agreed to do it. We then wrote the character especially for her."

After four seasons of being at the helm of a well-researched series about robbing some of the highest security banks in Europe, I wondered: Does the creator of La Casa de Papel—the "Profesor behind El Profesor," if you will—think he could rob a bank in real life?

"No. I’m too scared of robberies!" he says. "Crafting a robbery in fiction is easy. There's no risk. I'll leave the risks to El Profesor."

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